On May 20, 2025 in the assembly hall of the 11a building of the BNTU, the Russian Language Olympiad for foreign citizens ended with a grand gala concert and an award ceremony for the winners. This year, all participants were offered a very interesting cultural and philosophical theme "Wisdom of the Nations of the World".
The Russian Language Olympic Marathon started in April, it included two main rounds, which allowed to determine the best experts in Russian as a foreign language.
In the first round, participants were asked to write a summary or essay on the topic of the Olympiad.
The second round is a creative task, according to the terms of which the contestants had to recite a poem or prose excerpt from any author in Russian, accompanied by a video or presentation. The selected work also had to correspond to the general theme of the Olympiad and talk about the philosophy and wisdom of different peoples of the world.
The Olympiad was attended by students of the preparatory department, foreign students representing the faculties of our university, and graduate students, including those studying in English.
It is also worth noting the worthy online participation of students from Uzbekistan and China in the written and oral rounds of the Olympiad, which was assessed by the jury.
The program of the gala concert was compiled from the creative numbers prepared for the second round of the Olympiad. We wanted beautiful poems filled with intonation and energy of love for the Russian word to sound from the stage and give a holiday to everyone who studies Russian at BNTU, and we succeeded!
A wonderful gift for all spectators was the performance of a dance group of Chinese students and a Belarusian folk choir.
An incendiary song medley from students from Zimbabwe left no one indifferent! The hosts of the concert introduced each participant of the concert program with a special sincere mood, and the prizes and certificates prepared by the Department of Belarusian and Russian Languages will remind all participants and prize winners of an unforgettable holiday of the Russian word.
